Trailing by three runs going into its final trip to the plate Sunday against No. 18 Auburn, Kentucky rallied to defeat the Tigers 5-4 on Renee Abernathy's walk-off home run at John Cropp Stadium.

It marked Abernathy's fourth straight game with a home run for the No. 8 Wildcats (22-7, 3-3 SEC), who took two out of three to win the series. Two of those wins came in walk-off fashion.

Abernathy, a senior outfielder, drove in 11 of UK's 19 runs over the weekend.

Prior to the game-winning rally, UK's lone run came courtesy of an Erin Coffel solo homer in the fourth inning.

The big seventh inning started with a double by Lauren Johnson. Kayla Kowalik reached on an error, scoring Johnson to make it 4-2.

With one out, Coffel collected her third hit, a single to bring Abernathy to the plate for her game-winning, three-run blast deep over the right-center wall against Auburn pitcher Maddie Penta.

The Tigers did not help their pitchers' cause, committing five errors on the day while the Cats played error-free.

Tatum Spangler (1-0) earned the win in the circle after pitching a perfect seventh inning in relief of Sloan Gayan.

Offensively, Auburn (27-4, 6-3 SEC) got two home runs from Bri Ellis and one from Jessie Blaine.

The Cats play host to Ohio State on Tuesday at 6 ET at John Cropp Stadium.